Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-07-13
WHAT E.I.iEifICANS.

Fast tLiving-Reckless Eatiug-Hard Drink.
1ng-Poor slceping-Social Jeslousy.t
Political Ambition-viclent Passions
The Race for Money.
The alarming disease OF this
country is nervous debility and
prostration. It goes under
many names but it is essen.
TALLY the same complaint.
Hospitals and private institu-
tons for nervous patients are
crowded The average of life
in the United States is de.
creaslng every year. Sudden
deaths from nervous collapse
among our business, profess
ional and public men are SO
frequent as scarcely TO excite
remark. The majority Of sui
cides, committed without ap-
parent reason, or underso-called
"'depression Of spirits are
really prompted by nervous
prostration, which is a fruitful
source Of insanity and crime
with all their grief and horror.
These facts are startling.
They threaten the very life Of
the nation. They assail the
springs Of it's power and pros
perity. 'AIley wreck manhood's
strength and wonlan's useful
ness and beauty.
Every one should know the
causes. What are they? The
answer is easy and terribly
plain: Our vicious personal
habits; Our careless and lawless
eating and drinking; the in,
tense mental and physical strain
arising from our mad race after
money, position and influence;
the fears and struggles of pow
erty; the use of narcotics and
stinulants; otr fashion of
turning day into night and
night into day; and, briefly,
our desperate willingness to
pay any price for an hours
pleasure or success. So we
burn life's candle at both ends
and FL the lllnatic asylums
and the eraveyyards.
The disease from which we
suffer and die is, il plain Eng
ish, Ne120sss I:,s}> e2s5a, as it
is seated il lie nerves and in
the organs Of i: eetioa. Assim-
latioTl a1::i A';..:tl;ion. Healthy
digestion beng ilnF,e;;: ID or des-
troyed, tie w,lole Le>:.:, nerves
included, is literally stcsggoc5 ).
even when there j, no enact
alton to tell tie sad story.
Nervous p.'ost .j.llon sends
out it's warnings headache
in the morning; & persistent
dull heaviness o. aching at the
baseof the brain; .gTalkefulness;
loss Of apI.e.:t.. ::;d {: gust with
s.food; los. x { :ne::' IL. nergy and
interest in ordinary duties and
business; rest ies<-:4 $ and anx-
iety without a:ty assignable
re son; er'a12zatiions; bad
breath; foul mucous on the
teeth; occasional giddiness;
palpitation OF the heart; sal
lowness Of the skin; coated
tongue and gradual failure Of
strength and ambition.
The remedy is a total aban-
donment Of the habits and Gus
toms which cause the disease
in each individual case, and the
use Of Shaker Extract Of Roots
(SeigePs Syrup to cure the
mischief already done. This
GREAT reT;.s,.iv r,i;.1.;,I.ed by the
Shaker Ce,:::.,..-.,:.. . Of Mt. Leb-
anon, Il. T., :,e- .:ially adapt
ed to eEadi.c.;;c >:rvous Dys-
pepsia. To do this it acts
directly aa'i ..=.1tiy but power
fully upon l.. dered stom-
ach, liver ali. ::>id:leys, restor-
ing their tone and vigor, pro-
noting the secretion Of bile, ex-
pelling waste matters from the
system, and purifying the blood.
Upon the nervous system
Shaker Eat,'aet{{ S 'sSyrup)
acts as q SaIG anu wholesome
anodyne without the slightest
narcotic effect, and then leaves
the nerves to regain their nat
ural tone and strength through
its wonderful influence upon
the function of nutrition.
1t is safe to say more nerv-
GUS dyspeptics have been re-
stored by it from the depths
of misery to a fresh enjoyment
of life and labor than by any
or all other forms of treatment
combined.